Not all publications are suitable for the EPUB file format. …In fact one of the main criticisms of the EPUB format is that while it's great for …text-centric books it may be unsuitable for publications that require a precise …layout or specialized formatting, such as a comic book or a magazine. …In this lesson, I'm going to talk a bit more about the EPUB format in general. …I'll explain why certain types of documents work better as EPUB files than …others, and I'll explain why some documents just don't work well as EPUB …files at all. Perhaps the most important thing to …understand is that the EPUB file you create won't look like the original …version of your publication unless its design is quite simple.…

So, a simple novel will look much like, if not exactly like the printed version, …but a magazine layout with large headings that straddle multiple columns of text …cannot accurately be reproduced in an EPUB file. …So, why is that? Well, the EPUB format was specifically …designed to be reflowable. In other words, the content of an EPUB …

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1/15/2011

Expert trainer Gabriel Powell takes you through every step in the process of creating an ebook, from setting up the Adobe InDesign document to exporting an EPUB file that can be read on a computer, smartphone, Apple iPad, or Sony Reader. Plus, learn how to edit an ebook, customize its navigation, and create scalable images, as well as how to validate an EPUB file to ensure that it's error-free and fully compliant with the EPUB specification.